1911–12 Football League
24th season of the Football League
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The 1911â12 season was the 24th season of The Football League.
| Season | 1911â12 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Blackburn Rovers |
| Relegated | Gainsborough Trinity |
| New Team in League | Grimsby Town |
â 1910â11 1912â13 â | |
Blackburn Rovers won the First Division title for the first time.
Bury and Preston North End were relegated to the Second Division, and their places in the First Division were taken by Derby County and Chelsea.
Final league tables
Beginning in the 1894â95 season, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded). In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976â77 season.
During the first six seasons of the league, (up to the 1893â94 season), re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894â95 season and until the 1920â21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league.
First Division
| Season | 1911â12 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Blackburn Rovers 1st English title |
| Relegated | Preston North End Bury |
| Matches | 380 |
| Goals | 1,057 (2.78 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | David McLean George Holley Harry Hampton (25 goals each)[1] |
| Biggest home win | The Wednesday 8â0 Sunderland (26 December 1911) |
| Biggest away win | Sheffield United 0â5 Bolton Wanderers (9 September 1911) |
| Highest scoring | Sheffield United 7â3 Bradford City (4 March 1912) |
â 1910â11 1912â13 â | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blackburn Rovers (C) | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 60 | 43 | 1.395 | 49 | |
| 2 | Everton | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 46 | 42 | 1.095 | 46 | |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 64 | 50 | 1.280 | 44 | |
| 4 | Bolton Wanderers | 38 | 20 | 3 | 15 | 54 | 43 | 1.256 | 43 | |
| 5 | The Wednesday | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 69 | 49 | 1.408 | 41 | |
| 6 | Aston Villa | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 76 | 63 | 1.206 | 41 | |
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 56 | 45 | 1.244 | 40 | |
| 8 | Sunderland | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 58 | 51 | 1.137 | 39 | |
| 9 | West Bromwich Albion | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 43 | 47 | 0.915 | 39 | |
| 10 | Woolwich Arsenal | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 55 | 59 | 0.932 | 38 | |
| 11 | Bradford City | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 46 | 50 | 0.920 | 38 | |
| 12 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 53 | 53 | 1.000 | 37 | |
| 13 | Manchester United | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 45 | 60 | 0.750 | 37 | |
| 14 | Sheffield United | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 63 | 56 | 1.125 | 36 | |
| 15 | Manchester City | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 56 | 58 | 0.966 | 35 | |
| 16 | Notts County | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 46 | 63 | 0.730 | 35 | |
| 17 | Liverpool | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 49 | 55 | 0.891 | 34 | |
| 18 | Oldham Athletic | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 46 | 54 | 0.852 | 34 | |
| 19 | Preston North End (R) | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 40 | 57 | 0.702 | 33 | Relegation to the Second Division |
| 20 | Bury (R) | 38 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 59 | 0.542 | 21 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Results
Maps
Second Division
| Season | 1911â12 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Derby County (1st title) |
| Failed re-election | Gainsborough Trinity |
| Matches | 380 |
| Goals | 1,032 (2.72 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Bert Freeman (Burnley), 32[1] |
| Biggest home win | Wolverhampton Wanderers â Hull City 8â0 (4 Nov 1911) |
| Biggest away win | Leeds City â Burnley 1â5 (9 Dec 1911) Birmingham â Derby County 0â4 (16 Sept 1911) |
| Highest scoring | Fulham â Leeds City 7â2 (23 Mar 1912) |
â 1910â11 1912â13 â | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Derby County (C, P) | 38 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 74 | 28 | 2.643 | 54 | Promotion to the First Division |
| 2 | Chelsea (P) | 38 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 64 | 34 | 1.882 | 54 | |
| 3 | Burnley | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 77 | 41 | 1.878 | 52 | |
| 4 | Clapton Orient | 38 | 21 | 3 | 14 | 61 | 44 | 1.386 | 45 | |
| 5 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 57 | 33 | 1.727 | 42 | |
| 6 | Barnsley | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 45 | 42 | 1.071 | 42 | |
| 7 | Hull City | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 54 | 51 | 1.059 | 42 | |
| 8 | Fulham | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 66 | 58 | 1.138 | 39 | |
| 9 | Grimsby Town | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 48 | 55 | 0.873 | 39 | |
| 10 | Leicester Fosse | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 49 | 66 | 0.742 | 37 | |
| 11 | Bradford (Park Avenue) | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 44 | 45 | 0.978 | 35 | |
| 12 | Birmingham | 38 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 55 | 59 | 0.932 | 34 | |
| 13 | Bristol City | 38 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 41 | 60 | 0.683 | 34 | |
| 14 | Blackpool | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 52 | 0.615 | 34 | |
| 15 | Nottingham Forest | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 46 | 48 | 0.958 | 33 | |
| 16 | Stockport County | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 47 | 54 | 0.870 | 33 | |
| 17 | Huddersfield Town | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 50 | 64 | 0.781 | 32 | |
| 18 | Glossop | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 42 | 56 | 0.750 | 28 | |
| 19 | Leeds City | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 50 | 78 | 0.641 | 28 | Re-elected |
| 20 | Gainsborough Trinity (R) | 38 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 30 | 64 | 0.469 | 23 | Failed re-election and demoted |
Results
Maps
Attendances
Source:[2]
Division One
| No. | Club | Average |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 25,030 |
| 2 | Newcastle United FC | 24,995 |
| 3 | Manchester City FC | 23,655 |
| 4 | Liverpool FC | 20,710 |
| 5 | Aston Villa FC | 20,480 |
| 6 | Bolton Wanderers FC | 19,135 |
| 7 | Manchester United | 19,040 |
| 8 | Everton FC | 18,870 |
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers FC | 17,765 |
| 10 | Bradford City AFC | 17,715 |
| 11 | West Bromwich Albion FC | 17,425 |
| 12 | The Wednesday | 14,410 |
| 13 | Sheffield United FC | 14,215 |
| 14 | Middlesbrough FC | 14,050 |
| 15 | Sunderland AFC | 12,555 |
| 16 | Oldham Athletic FC | 11,800 |
| 17 | Woolwich Arsenal | 11,630 |
| 18 | Notts County FC | 10,985 |
| 19 | Preston North End FC | 9,225 |
| 20 | Bury FC | 9,000 |